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Originally posted by Nevadaref
"A player or a team should not be permitted an advantage which is not intended by a rule."
Are we permitting an unintended advantage for the offensive team here?
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Nevada - this is the key to your post - an advantage intended by rule.
By putting timeouts into the game, the rules committee must have thought that this was an acceptable use of a timeout, or else the rule would have been changed. Requesting timeout to prevent turning over the ball is part of the game that is specifically permitted by rule. (See 5.8.3.D.(a) for the Dennis Rodman case play.)
Also, team A is 'penalized' for the advantage gained - by loss of a timeout. There is nothing wrong about granting a timeout in these situations, at least until the NFHS changes the rule.